sylian

== Old English == === Alternative forms === sulian, selian === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *sulwijōn, a variant of *sulwijan (“to make or become dirty; to sully”), from Proto-Indo-European *sūl- (“thick liquid, muck”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsy.li.ɑn/ === Verb === sylian to sully, soil, pollute, defile ==== Usage notes ==== Though a class 2 weak verb, it is conjugated with -ed-, -ed, similar to weak class 1. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== solian *solgian ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: sulen, sulien English: sully === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “sylian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.